Moscow
2 km around Moscow Kremlin
Air quality now
AQI 40
15.4%
tree cover
42.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Europe · air quality report · 168 cities
Right now the 168 cities Airleaf measures in Russia average AQI 30 (good). The worst air is in Odintsovo, at AQI 81, and the cleanest in Lyubertsy, at AQI 33.
At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 52 across 11 cities. 2% of the 168 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 79% have Good air.
Average right now
AQI 30
Good
Updated . Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf.
Russia · average AQI 30
2 km around Moscow Kremlin
Air quality now
AQI 40
15.4%
tree cover
42.5K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around Tsentralny District
Air quality now
AQI 88
14.5%
tree cover
36.2K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around Tsentral'nyy Rayon
Air quality now
AQI 31
20.0%
tree cover
27.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around Zheleznodorozhnyy Rayon
Air quality now
AQI 6
28.4%
tree cover
4.9K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around City Center
Air quality now
AQI 57
34.3%
tree cover
Healthy tree cover
2 km around Kremlin and Historical Center
Air quality now
AQI 13
23.3%
tree cover
17.8K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around Traktorozavodskiy Rayon
Air quality now
AQI 7
26.9%
tree cover
9.6K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
2 km around Tsentral'nyy Okrug
Air quality now
AQI 15
24.3%
tree cover
16.0K more trees would reach 30% tree cover
Across the country
2% of the 168 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 79% have Good air. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
168 measured cities
Every measured city, including model estimates where no ground station is near.
In aggregate
Every figure below is read the same way over the same 2 km area per city, so they add up and compare like for like. Averaged across the 168 of 168 cities measured so far in Russia.
Excludes barren and desert sites
Against everywhere else
Right now the cities of Russia average cleaner air than 89% of the 171 countries Airleaf has enough cities to average, and more tree cover than 76%.
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Deforestation · 2001–2025
Since 2001, Russia has lost about 91.7 million hectares of forest (about 920,000 km²): 12% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it was lost to wildfires, so much of it can grow back. About 1 million hectares (1.1%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
Hectares of forest lost each year
| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 17,100 ha | 1.8 million ha | 1.82 million ha |
| 2002 | 15,400 ha | 2.67 million ha | 2.69 million ha |
| 2003 | 10,800 ha | 3.01 million ha | 3.02 million ha |
| 2004 | 23,100 ha | 3.48 million ha | 3.51 million ha |
| 2005 | 23,700 ha | 1.56 million ha | 1.58 million ha |
| 2006 | 29,600 ha | 2.19 million ha | 2.22 million ha |
| 2007 | 38,100 ha | 2.29 million ha | 2.33 million ha |
| 2008 | 39,400 ha | 3 million ha | 3.04 million ha |
| 2009 | 38,600 ha | 2.07 million ha | 2.1 million ha |
| 2010 | 44,400 ha | 1.81 million ha | 1.85 million ha |
| 2011 | 39,400 ha | 2.97 million ha | 3.01 million ha |
| 2012 | 52,700 ha | 5.31 million ha | 5.37 million ha |
| 2013 | 27,100 ha | 4.91 million ha | 4.94 million ha |
| 2014 | 41,400 ha | 4.43 million ha | 4.47 million ha |
| 2015 | 37,200 ha | 2.29 million ha | 2.32 million ha |
| 2016 | 62,400 ha | 4.97 million ha | 5.03 million ha |
| 2017 | 63,400 ha | 5.2 million ha | 5.26 million ha |
| 2018 | 53,500 ha | 5.48 million ha | 5.53 million ha |
| 2019 | 47,700 ha | 3.62 million ha | 3.67 million ha |
| 2020 | 51,300 ha | 5.37 million ha | 5.42 million ha |
| 2021 | 48,000 ha | 6.44 million ha | 6.49 million ha |
| 2022 | 52,100 ha | 4.21 million ha | 4.27 million ha |
| 2023 | 57,400 ha | 3.28 million ha | 3.34 million ha |
| 2024 | 48,200 ha | 5.11 million ha | 5.16 million ha |
| 2025 | 40,400 ha | 3.25 million ha | 3.29 million ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 4.51 million hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 4.98 million hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2021, when about 6.49 million hectares of forest were lost, mostly to wildfires.
Also: mining and energy, towns and roads, farms, pasture and plantations, shifting farming, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
50.8% of Russia was forested as of 2024, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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Right now the 168 cities Airleaf measures in Russia average AQI 30 (good). The worst air is in Odintsovo, at AQI 81, and the cleanest in Lyubertsy, at AQI 33. At ground stations alone, which measure rather than estimate, the average is AQI 52 across 11 cities. 2% of the 168 measured cities are over AQI 100 today, where the air stops being fine for sensitive groups, and 79% have Good air.
Odintsovo, at AQI 81 (Moderate) on the US EPA index. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting long outdoor exertion.
Lyubertsy, at AQI 33 (Good). Both lists rank current readings, from ground stations wherever Russia has at least three cities with one.
It depends on the city. 132 cities are Good, 33 cities are Moderate, 3 cities are Unhealthy for sensitive groups. At the national average of AQI 30: Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
About 91.7 million ha from 2001 to 2025, 12% of the forest it had in 2000, from the University of Maryland's yearly satellite maps of forest loss. 1 million ha of it was cleared for good, for farms, mines or towns.
Solikamsk, with 73.3% tree cover within 2 km of its center, measured from Sentinel-2 satellite images.
Each city's reading is the US EPA air quality index, from ground monitoring stations where one has reported recently nearby, and from the CAMS atmospheric model elsewhere; each city's report says which. Tree cover is measured over the same 2 km radius in every city, so the cities compare like for like.
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